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February 2012
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The purpose of the First Global Conference on Social Franchising was to encourage sharing among social franchise program managers to grow the community of practice and to better achieve the four goals of social franchising:
Trixie-Belle Nicolle (Unjani Project Manager) presented Unjani being one of the few private sector representatives at the conference. Trixie-Belle shared with the delegates, private sector best practice including the objectives and innovative model of Unjani clinic.
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Unjani clinic which is the RTT Group's Enterprise Development initiative is a fee based social franchise model which seeks to provide affordable healthcare at point of need and empower black women within communities to become business owners and entrepreneurs (through a supportive and tested franchise structure based on business principles).
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As well as presenting Unjani clinic, Trixie-Belle served as a technical expert on the small group session on supply chain. In this session she gave insight from an RTT perspective on distribution models and the key considerations for social franchises. Trixie-Belle assisted delegates in understanding the factors required to manage social franchise supply chains efficiently and effectively.
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